101 in 1001

Hello, everyone! It’s been far too long, and I honestly did not realize how much I missed this until I sat down to write this post. I took a much-needed break over the holiday season (including to celebrate my 21st birthday, which I promise I’ll get to!), and spent some time to do some long-term planning, both for myself and for the blog.

I’m graduating from college in December, so I figured it was time- not necessarily to have a hard-and-fast plan for the next five or ten years, but at least to have some sort of guide that I can look back at and use to measure my progress in all areas of life. Enter, Mackenzie Horan to save the day!

Mackenzie has long been one of my favorite bloggers to follow, and I have always been fascinated by her “101 in 1001” lists. She creates a list of 101 things she wants to accomplish in the next 1001 days, which is just under three years. The items are a mix of tasks to accomplish in a day, long-term life goals, and bucket list items- perfect for me to track that progress in all areas I was mentioning before! Her post about tips for writing your own list was the catalyst I needed to really think about my goals, in all the categories listed below.

I will be keeping track of these both here on the blog and in these cute bullet journal-style lists I hand-wrote out, and I can’t wait to get started! Without further ado, my 101 in 1001 list:

101 in 1001

Begin: January 19th, 2019

End: October 17th, 2021

School/Professional

Graduate with honors

Get a piece of fiction published

Enter 10 writing competitions

Submit my work 25 times

Get an internship

Post once a week on the blog for three months (2/15)

Go to two professor’s office hours a semester (1/4)

Take one paper a semester to office hours (1/2)

Update LinkedIn 15 times

Apply to graduate school

Apply for five scholarships

Apply to three publishing internships

Participate in a mock interview

Give “Thank You” notes to my favorite professors at the end of each semester